Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?

rgraham writes "The Register has a great opening line in a recent article, "Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market." GearLog ran the same tests that were run by PC Magazine with the Mac coming out on top."

This is weird...

[__aaclcg7560]

Why did it had to be Microsoft confirming that Steve Jobs was correct that the Intel Mac was a lot faster than the PPC Mac?

Re:fastest in one test

[MustardMan]

Am I the only one who feels a little dirty reading about encoding windows media on windows xp running on apple hardware? It just feels so wrong.

Re:Ummm...

[ceoyoyo]

Minimum memory configuration on a MacBook Pro is 512MB and 1GB for the 2.0GHz model.

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Re:Triple Threat

[Anonymous Coward]

Then get a better job and/or stop drinking a case of mountain dew every day...

Re:This is weird...

[soft_guy]

"Your decision to use Intel's chips instead of PowerPC chips was a wise one" - MS

"Your decision to use our chips instead of PowerPC chips was a wise one" - Intel

"Don't the door hit you on the way out" - IBM

Re:Find out next year

[consonant]

Hm. I was thinking of the year-long wait too, but only because Photoshop takes frickin' ages to open...

Re:Apple no happy

[Anonymous Coward]

No, nobody has ever noticed how vendors charge more for parts that you could buy separately by yourself. Thanks for letting us know. Seriously.

Re:fastest in one test

[rob_squared]

Well, creating .asf or .wmv files would make anyone want to shower repeatedly.

I'm just waiting for the .asf/.wmv support groups* to start popping up.

And please mods, realize that suggesting a support group for a file format is indeed a joke.

This just in!

[HitScan]

In a news story released earlier today it was noted that 2.16GHz notebooks are indeed faster than 2.0GHz notebooks. Citing aspects of their construction such as "This one appears to have the bigger number," and "I guess they used a faster chip in that one," critics rained high praise upon the faster equipment. It is currently unclear whether the testing method employed will encourage more individuals and business to drop what they're doing and purchase their own faster laptops from this rebel manufacturer, or if they will demand that their current supplies "get them some of those faster ones."

Re:Best tool for the job

[communikatsiglobale]

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Re:Make up your mind, damnit!

[MysteriousPreacher]

I'll admit I had to look up the exact definition and correct spelling of synergistically (save us from the psuedo-intellectual bullshit words oh jebus) but the rest of it seemed pretty clear.

Overall a perfectly cromulent post.